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A . Rulemaking Documents

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- 1. Docket Index, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan Pesticide Element, Proposed Rule (Docket No. EPA

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- 2. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; Revisions to the California State Im plementation Plan Pesticide Element; Proposed rule. April 13, 2012

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- publication version

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- 3. Air Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, ― Technical Support Document Proposed Rule on the Revisions to Pesticide Element of the California Stat e Implementation Plan ,‖ April 13, 2012

B. SIP Submittals

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- 1. Letter, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board

, to Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, October 12, 2009 ( submitting field fumigant regulations adopted by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation) with attachments including:

a. State of California, A ir Resources Board Executive Order S

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- 011, Relating to Approval of Regulations to Achieve Pesticide Volatile Organic Compound Emission Reductions (October 12, 2009)

b. Memorandum, Christopher Reardon, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulations to J ames Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board ; October 5, 2009, Subject: Fumigant Volatile Organic Compound Regulations

1. A copy of regulations from the following sections from Title 3, California Code of Regulations (3 CCR) for inclusion in California’s SIP, including and limited to
a) 3 CCR sections 6447 (first paragraph only) and 3 CCR sections 6447.3

– 6452 pertain ing to field fumigation methods
b) 3 CCR sections 6452.1 and 6452.4 and 3 CCR sections 6624

– 6626 pertaining to the emissi on invento ry c) Portions of 3 CCR sections 6452.2 and 6452.3 pertaining to field fumigation limits and allowances only as applicable to the Ventura ozone nonattainment area

2. related rulemaking documents

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- 2. L etter, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resou rces Board to Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency,Docket No. EPA

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- 0194 Page 2 Region 9, October 12, 2009 ( submitting revised Pesticide Emission Reduction Commitment for the San Joaquin Valley by the California Department of Pesticide Regulati on with attachments including

a. State of California, A ir Resources Board Executive Order S

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- 005, Relating to Approval of Amendments to the 2007 Ozone Plan for the San Joaquin Valley to Achieve Pesticide Emission Reductions (October 12, 2009)

b. Memorandum, Christopher Reardon, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation

, to James Goldstene , Executive Officer, C alifornia Air Resources Board ; October 5, 2009, Subject: Amendment to the Pesticide Element of the Ozone State Im plementation Plan

1. Director’s Decision to Adopt the Proposed SIP Commitment for the San Joaquin Valley dated April 17, 2009

2. Staff Report on the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Proposed SIP Commitment for San Joaquin Valley, undated

3. Memorandum, Rosemary Neal, Ph.D., California Department of Pesticide Regulation to Randy Segawa, California Department of Pesticide Regulation

, Nov ember 5, 2008; Subject: Update to the Pesticide Volatile Organic Inventory. Estimated Emissions 1990

- 2006, and Preliminary Estima tes for 2007

. 4. Final Statement of Reasons and Public Report, Department of Pesticide Regulations, Title 3, CCR Amend Section 6452.2 Pertaining to Field Fumigant Emissions Limits, und a ted

5. Related rulemaking documents

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- 3. L etter, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, C alifornia Air Resources Board to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, August 2, 2011 ( submitting revisions to the field fumigant regulations adopted by the California Department of Pesticide Regulati on)

a. State of California, Air Resources Board, Executive Order S

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- 015, Relating to Approval of Regulations to Achieve Pesticide Volatile Organic Compound Emission Reductions, August 2, 2011

b. Memorandum, Christopher Reardon, Chief Deputy Director, Californi a Department of Pesticide Regulation to James Goldstene, Executive Officer, C alifornia Air Resources Board ; July 20, 2011 , Subject: Additional Fumigant Volatile Organic Compound Regulations

1. A copy of regulations from the following sections from 3 CCR for inclusion in California’s SIP, including and limited to
a) Title 3, California Code of Regulations (3 CCR) section 6400 pertaining to restricted materials
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- 0194 Page 3 c) Por tions of 3 CCR sections 6452.2 and 6452.3 pertaining to field fumigation limits and allowances only as applicable to the V entura ozone nonattainment area
d) 3 CCR section 6452.4 pertaining to the annual VOC emissions inventory report
e) 3 CCR sections 6624 and 6 626 pert aining to pesticide use reports

2. related rulemaking documents

C . EPA Guidance Documents

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- 1. State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for Proposed Rulemaking on Approval of Plan Revisions for Nonattainment Areas ; General preamble for proposed rulemaking. 44 FR 20372 (April 4, 1979)

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- 2. Memorandum, Craig Potter, E nvironmental Protection Agency , September 23, 1987 ―Review of State Implementations Plans and Revisions for Enforceability and Legal Sufficiency‖

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- 3. E nvironmental Protection Agency , O ffice of Air Quality Plans and Standards , ―Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and Deviations,‖ May 25, 1998

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- 4. State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; General pream ble for future proposed rulemakings. 57 FR 13498 (April 16, 1992)

C

- 5. Memorandum, John Seitz, Director, O ffice of Air Quality Plans and Standards, Environmental Protection Agency to Regional Air Directors, November 30, 1999, ―Guidance on the Reasonably Available Control Measure Requirement and Attainment Demonstration Submissions for Ozone Nonattainment Areas‖

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- 6. Memorandum , John S. Seitz, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Environmental Protection Agency December 14, 2000

, ―Additional Submission on RACM from States with Severe One

- Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area SIPs‖

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- 7. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 , ―Guidance Document for Correcting Common VOC and Other Rule Deficiencies,‖ August 21, 2001

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- 8. Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule; F inal rule. 72 FR 20586 (April 25, 2007)

C

- 9. Memorandum, Tom Helms, Chief, Ozone/Carbon Monoxide Programs Branch, to G e o r g e C z e r n i a k

, C h i e f

, Air C o mp l i a n c e B r a n c h

, E n v i r o n m e n t a l P r o t e c t i o n A g e n c y h, Region V, March 30, 1994, Subject: Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Questions from the Ohio EPA

D . Other Documents

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- 1. Documents Related to the 1994 Pesticide Element and 1994 Ozone State Implementation PlanDocket No. EPA

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- 0194 Page 4 a. ―The State Implementation Plan for Agricultural and Commercial Structural Pesticides,‖ November 15, 1994

b. L etter, David P. Howekamp, Director, Air and Toxics Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 to James W. Wells, Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, March 20, 1995

c. L etter, James W. Wells

, Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, to David P. Howekamp,

, Director, Air and Toxics Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, March 31, 1995

d. Le tter, David P. Howekamp, Director, Air and Toxics Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 to James W. Wells, Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, April 21, 1995

e. Letter, James D. Boyd , Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board to Felicia Marcus, Regional Administrator, E nvironmental Protection Agency, Region 9, May 1 1, 1995 transmitting Memorandum , James W. Wells, Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation to James D. Boyd, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, May 9, 1995, re: 1994 State Implementation Plan

f. Letter, James M. Strock, Secretary for Environmental Protection, to Felicia Marcus, Regional Administrator, E nvironmental Protection Agency, Region 9, May 2, 1996 with Attachment s

g. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California

– Ozone; Notice of proposed rulemaking. 61 FR 10920 (March 18, 1996 )

h. Letter, James D. Boyd, Executive Officer, C alifornia Air Resources Board to David Howekamp, Air Division Director, E nvironmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Ju ne 13, 1996, with a ttachment s A

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i. Approval and Promulgation of Implementa tion Plans; California

- Ozone; Final rule. 62 FR 1150 (January 8, 1997)

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- 2. Documents Related to the 2003 State Strategy (including PEST

- 1) and Local 1

- Hour Ozone and PM10 Plans

a. California Air Resources Board, Proposed 2003 State and Federal Strategy for the California State Implementation Plan , Release Date: August 25, 2003. (five files) with adoption resolution No. 3

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b. California Air Resources Board , ―Staff Report Proposed 200 3 State Implementation Plan Revisions for the South Coast Air Basin and Coachella Valley,‖ August 23, 2003

c. San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, Amended 2002 and 2005 Rate of Progress Plan for San Joaquin Valley Ozone, December 31, 2002 (hard copy only)

d. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for California

— San Joaquin Valley PM

- 10 Nonattainment Area; Serious Area Plan for Attainment of the 24

- Hour and Annual PM

- 10 Standards; Final rule. 69 FR 30006 (May 26, 2004)Docket No. EPA

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- 0194 Page 5 e. San Joaquin Valley A ir Pollution Control District, Extreme Ozone Attainment Demonstration Plan, October 8, 200 4

f. L etter, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, to Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, February 13, 2008

g. San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, Clarifications Regarding the 2004 Extreme Ozone Attainment Demonstration Plan, July 21, 2008

h. California Air Resources Board , S taff Report, Proposed 2004 State Implementation Plan For Ozon e In The San Joaquin Valley , Release Date: September 28, 2004

i. Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans for Air Quality Planning Purpose; California

– South Coast and Coachella; Final rule. 70 FR 69081 (November 14, 2005)
j. Approval and Promulga t ion of Implementation Plans; State of California; 2003 State Strategy and 2003 South Coast Plan for One

- Hour Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide; Proposed rule. 73 FR 63408 (October 24, 2008)

k. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM

- 10 Revision of Designation; Redesignation of the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin PM

- 10 Nonattainment Area to Attainment; Approval of PM

- 10 Maintenance Plan for the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin; Approv al of Commitments for the East Kern PM

10 Nonattainment Area; Final rule. 73 FR 66759 (November 12, 2008)

l. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of California; 2003 State Strategy and 2003 South Coast Plan for One

- Hour Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide; Final rule. 74 FR 10176 (March 10, 2009)

m. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: 1

- Hour Ozone Extreme Area Plan for San Joaquin Valley, CA; Proposed rule. 74 FR 33933 (July 14, 2009)

n. Letter, Brent Newell, Legal Director, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, August 31, 2009, ―Comments on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans : 1

- Hour Ozone Extreme Area Plan for San Joaquin Valley, CA (Docket No. EPA

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o. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Pla ns: 1

- Hour Ozone Extreme Area Plan for San Joaquin Valley, CA; Final rule. 75 FR 10420 (March 8, 2010)

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- 3. Documents Related to the Ventura Pesticide Element

a. California Air Resources Board, Proposed State Strategy for California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan

, Appendix H ―Revised, Proposed Revision to the Pesticide Elem ent of the 1994 Ozone SIP for the Ventura County Nonattainment Area‖ August 13, 2007

b. Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan; Pesticide Element; Ventura County; Proposed rule. 73 FR 21885 (April 23, 2008)Docket No. EPA

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- 0194 Page 6 c. Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan; Pesticide Element; Ventura County ; Final rule. 73 FR 41277 (July 18, 2008)

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- 4. Documents Related to the 2007 State Strategy and Local 8

- Hour Ozone and PM 2.5 Plans

a. California A ir Resources Board

, Proposed State Strategy for California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan (as ado pted September 7, 2007)

b. California Air Resources Board, Proposed State Strategy for California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan (as adopted September 27, 2007), Appendix A

c. South Coast A ir Quality Management District

, Final 2007 A ir Quality Management Plan, Appendix III

– Base and Future Year Emission Inventories

, June 2007

d. San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, 2007 Ozone Plan, April 30, 2007, A ppendix B

e. California Air Resources Board , 8

- Hour Ozone State Implementation Plan Revisions for the South Coast and San Joaquin Valley Air Basins, July 21, 2011

f. Approval and Promulgation of Implem entation Plans; California; 2008 San Joaquin Valley PM 2.5 Pla n and 2007 State Strategy ; Final rule. 76 FR 69896 (November 9, 2011)

g. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Attainment Plan for the 1997 PM 2.5 Standards ; Final rule. 76 FR 69 928 (November 9, 2011 )

h. Air Division, E nvironmental Protection Agency, Region 9, ―Final Technical Support Document and Response to Comments Final Rule on the San Joaquin Valley 2007 Ozone Plan and the San Joaquin Valley Portions of the 2007 State Strategy,‖ December 15, 2011

i. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; 2007 San Joaquin Valley State Implementation Plan for the 1997 8

- Hour Ozone Standard and 2007 State Strategy; Final rule. 77 FR 12652 (March 1, 2012)
j. Approval and Promulgation of Implementatio n Plans; California; 2007 South Coast; Implementation Plan for the 1997 8

- Hour Ozone Standard and 2007 State Strategy; Final rule. 77 FR 12674 (March 1, 2012)

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- 5. Documents Related to the Pesticide Emission Inventory

a. Frank Spurlock , Ph.D., California Department of Pesticide Regulation to John Sanders, Ph.D., Chief, Environmental Research Branch, California Department of Pesticide Regulation

, January 7, 2002 ; Subject: Methodology for Determining VOC Emission Potentials of Pesticide Products

b. Rosemary Nea l, Ph.D., California Department of Pesticide Regulation to Randy Segawa, California Department of Pesticide Regulation , November 5, 2008; Subject: Update to the Pesticide Volatile Organic Inventory. Estimated Emissions 1990

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, Frank Spurlock, Ph. D ., and Randy Segawa , California Department of Pesticide Regulation, ―Annual Report on Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Pesticides: Emissions For 1990

– 2010,‖ March 29, 2012 ( six files)

d. Copy of we b page: h ttp://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/index.html

e. Memorandum, Paul Gosselin, to Mark Pepple, February 13, 1997, Subject: 1990 VOC Emission Inventor y

f. Letter, James W. Wells, Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, to Marc Chytilo, Chief Counsel, Environmental Defense Center, February 18, 1998

g. Memorandum, Frank Spurlock, Ph.D, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, to John S. Sanders, Ph.D., Chief, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, November 8, 2002, Subject: Pesticide Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Inventory 2002 Update: Estimated Emissions January

- December 2001

h. M e m o r a n d u m , P a u l H

. G o s s e l i n , C h i e f D e p u t y D i r e c t
, C a l i f o r n i a D e p a r t m e n t o f
P e s t i c i d e R e g u l a t i o n t o I n t e r e s t e d P a r t i e s , O c t o b e r 2 6

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, S u b j e c t : 2 0 0 6 U p d a t e o f V o l a t i l e O r g a n i c C o mp o u n d E m i s s i o n I n v e n t o r y w i t h a t t a c h m e n t Memorandum, Tamara L. Roush, Ph.D., Environmental Research Scientist, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, to John S. Sanders, Branch Chief, Environme ntal Monitoring Branch, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, October 24, 2006, Subject: 2006 Update to the Pesticide VOC Inventory: Estimated Emissions 1990

- 2004.

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- 6. Documents Related to the Fumigant Regulations

a. Email, Andrew Steckel, Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 to Randy Segawa, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, August 13, 2010

b. Letter, Andrew Steckel, E nvironmental Protection Agency Region 9 to Frank Spurlock, C alifornia Department of Pesticide Regulation and Mike Guzzetta, California Air Resources Board , November 2, 2010

c. Letter, Linda C. Murchinson, Chief, Planning and Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board to Andrew Steckel, Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, February 9, 2011

d. Letter, Randy Segawa, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, to Andrew Steckel, E nvironmental Protection Agency, Region 9

, June 1 2011

, with attachments

i. Memorandum, John S. Sander, Ph.D. California Department of Pesticide Regulations to Terre l l Barry, Ph.D. California Department of Pesticide Regulations , September 2, 2007. Subject: Pesticide Volatile Organic Compound Emission Adjustments For Field Conditions And Estimated Volatile Organic Compound Reductions

– Revised Estimates (5 files)Docket No. EPA

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- 0194 Page 8 ii. Memorandum, Terri Barry, California Department of Pesticide Regulatio ns to Randy Segawa, December 2, 1999, Subject: Methyl Bromide Emission Ratio Groupings

iii. Memorandum, Terri Barry, California Department of Pesticide Regulations to Randy Segawa, January 29, 2010, Subject: Response to Public Comments on the Methyl Iodide Ri sk Characterization D oc ument

iv. Memorandum, Bruce Johnson, California Department of Pesticide Regulations to Randy Segawa, California Department of Pesticide Regulations , January 23, 2009, Subject: Dominant Soil Types Associated with Fumigant Applications in Ozone Nonattainment Areas

v. Memorandum, Jeffrey L. Dawson, Health Effectives Division, Environmental Protection Agency, to John Leahy, Special Review and Reregisatration Division, Environmental Protection Agency, January 11, 2011, Subject: Methyl Bromide ( PC Code 053201), Choropicrin (PC Cod 081501), Dazomet (PC Code 035602), Metam Sodium and Potassium (PC Codes 039003 and 039002), MITC ( PC Code 068103), DP Barcode 385314, Second Update to Health Effect Division Recommendations for Good Agricultural Practic es and Associated Buffer Credit

e. Email, Randy Segawa, California Department of Pesticide Regulation to Nancy Levin, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, June 28, 2011, re: fumigant regulation questions

f. Letter, Randy Segawa, California Department of Pe sticide Regulation, to Andrew Steckel, E n vironmental Protection Agency, Region 9

, July 28, 2011 , with attachments

i. CPDR, Reducing Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Pesticides: Analysis of Alternatives for Fi eld Fumigation Methods, No date

ii. CPDR, Redu cing Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Pesticides: Analysis of Alternatives for Field Fumigation Methods, No date with tracked changes

iii. Mary

- Ann Warmerdam, Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulations, Decision, In the Matter of the Resp onsible Farmers Coalition’s Request for Approval of Reduced Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Field Fumigation Methods, Responsible Farmers Coalition,‖ Feb ruary 29, 2008 with attachments

g. Email, Randy Segawa, California Department of Pesticide Regulation to Nancy Levin, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, August 3, 2011, re: fumigant alternatives analysis. (see July 28, 2011 Segawa letter for attachments)

h. Partial Approval And Partia l Disapproval Of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; San Joaquin Valley; Reasonably Available Control Technology For Ozone; Final rule. 77 FR 1417 (January 10, 2012)

i. Environmental Protection Agency, Violation Day Count Report (Ventura County 2005

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- 7. Miscellaneous Documents

a. Clean Air Act Reclassification, San Joaquin Valley Nonattainment Area; Designation of East Kern Count y Nonattainment Area and Extension of Attainment Date; California; Ozone; Final rule. 66 FR 56476(November 8, 2001)

b. Clean Air Act Reclassification, San Joaquin Valley Nonattainment Area; California; Ozone; Final rule. 69 FR 20550 (April 16, 2004)

c. Final Ru le to Implement the 8

- Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

– Phase I; Final rule. 69 FR 23951 (April 30, 2004)

d. Letter, Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, to Dr. Ro bert J. Sawyer, Chairman, California Air Resources Board, June 12, 2007

e. Letter, Brian R. Hill, Ph.D., Pesticide Action Network, to Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, October 17, 2007

f. Letter, Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, to Linda Irokawa

- Otani, Regulations Coordinator, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, October 17, 2007

g. Letter, Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, to Mary

- A nn Warmerdam, Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, January 15, 2009

h. Letter, Alegria De La Cruz, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, to Mary

- Ann Warmerdam, Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, August 18, 20 09

i. California Department of Pesticide Regulation, "Conservation Management Practices Guide: Reducing Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from Agricultural Pesticide Applications, " August 24, 2009
j. El Comite Para El Bienestar De Earlimart v. Warm erdam , Case No. 34

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- 80000253

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- GDS, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Sacramento, Judgment Denying Petition for Writ of Mandate, December 15, 2009

k. California Department of Pesticide Regulations, P resentation ― Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Pesticides: Options for Reducing Non

- Fumigant Emissions‖ September 2011

l. California Department of Pesticide Regulations, P resentation ― Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Pesticides: Options for Reducing Non

- Fum igant Emissions‖ November 2011